Dear Martha Stewart

Dear Martha Stewart and other a-holes with similar bad ideas. I’m looking at you Hailey Stevens. I’m not sure there is any other way to say this except F- You!

For those of you who don’t know, Martha Stewart thought it would be a good idea to dress up as a person without a home for Halloween. The outfit consisted of torn and dirty clothing; she put dirt on her face, and if I’m being honest it looked a bit like black-face, and she wore a sign around her neck that read: “I’m hungry. Help Me.”  When she received backlash she doubled down allegedly blaming a Today Show host for spilling ganache on her pants during a segment stating that she only had 10 minutes to find another costume and the homeless person was the best she could do. Seriously Martha?! You are an arts and crafts guru extraordinaire, and a homeless person was what came to mind? So that was one double down. When that did not work she stated her intent was to bring awareness to the homelessness situation. Finally when that failed she stated that she had made a mistake and that she regretted her choice.

Can you imagine being so out of touch that you thought it would be appropriate and in a way “funny” to dress as someone who does not have a home. It’s simply disgusting. At the time of this story, Martha Stewart has not announced any type of charitable donation in response to her 2026 Halloween costume fiasco and in fact her PR team has pointed to her past charitable giving. Totally and completely tone deaf. Read the room Martha. Maybe fewer DIY paper crafts and fabric projects and more time I don’t know reading a newspaper and looking at what is going on around you! Instead of a “Super fun time with Martha” on You Tube, how about “Get your head out of your derriere time with Martha,” and for goodness sake, at the very least remedy this horrible choice with a significant donation to an organization working to end the plight of homelessness.  

While we are at it, I have not forgotten about you Hailey Stevens you loathsome individual. Imagine being so petty that you didn’t get your way, you lost your primary fair and square, you decide, the day before the election, to come out in support of the opposing candidate, a man who ran racist ads and called the candidate that you promised to support, the most vulgar of names. To add insult to injury, you had the audacity to sit with the opposing candidate, again a racist, in a predominately people of color church, chummy up with this man, and ask people of color to support this man. So not only are you a disingenuous petty and reprehensible person but to boot you thought that it would be appropriate to use people of color, as if people of color are not already used enough. The audacity of Haiely Stevens to sit in a church filled with people of color and to lie to their faces and state that someone she vehemently opposed, as of the day before, was now the best person to support people of color. It is beyond the pale.

GTFOOH.

I am tired of people doing stupid things, Martha and Hailey; I am tired of people using people, again Hailey and oh wait, Superwoman Giselle, See my podcasts You’re Literally Superwoman and The Price Just Went Up. Please stop using people of color, whether it is seeking our votes or advice only to turn around and stomp on that advice.

Please think of others, Martha Stewart. Imagine having all the money in the world and your instincts tell you that your default Halloween costume as a person without a home would somehow pass muster as funny. Your instincts are categorically off and need a realignment. Like I stated earlier. F-Off.

If you are interested in working to remediate homelessness please donate to the National Alliance to End Homelessness.

To support an organization dedicated to civil rights and a just and equitable society please check out and donate to The Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Foundation.

Sweet Dreams,

Ava  

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